Ezekiel 28:6

Ezekiel chapter 28 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God,

Context

v.5by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;—

v.6This passage

v.7therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:4

    he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

  • Exodus 9:17

    As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

  • James 1:11

    For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  • Job 9:4

    He iswise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;—